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International Rankings of Taiwan - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Taiwan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Taiwan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 28 25.00 2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 31 5.831 million 2019
Internet users - percent of population 17 89.00 % 2019
Internet users - total 38 21.159 million 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 7 55.00 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 17 12.972 million 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 49 123.21 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 47 29.292 million 2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures 35 92.030 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 35 91.620 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 27 0.10 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 7 65.173 billion US Dollars 2019
Debt - external 41 189.684 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 20 388.490 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 21 611.391 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 32 65.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 87 14.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 135 53.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 110 52.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 81 20.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 57 0.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 127 1.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 35 36.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 81 62.10 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 88 34 % 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 16 40.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 8 6.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Imports 20 308.744 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 50 3.90 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 80 0.50 % 2019
Labor force 47 11.498 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 106 5 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 8 36 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 75 59 % 2016
Population below poverty line 146 2 % 2012
Public debt 123 35.70 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 20 1.143 trillion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 64 2.71 % 2019
Real GDP per capita 65 24502 US Dollars 2018
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 5 456.700 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 133 16.00 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 118 3.73 % 2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 15 141.445 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 36 45.554 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 28 92.207 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 23 279.206 million 2019
Coal - consumption 14 67.985 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 39 118000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 5 63.523 million metric tons 2020
Coal - production 31 5.955 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 70 1.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 15 269.570 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 22 57.738 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 35 9.484 billion kWh 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 45 1.30 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 51 82.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 116 2.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 20 11.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 47 2.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 61 0.90 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 32 160.669 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 35 22.002 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - imports 15 22.173 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 74 150.589 million cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 77 6.230 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 14 886200 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 82 2.400 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 21 998100 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 94 800 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 27 349600 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 20 418300 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 22 924000 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land 129 23 2018
Land use - arable land 57 17 2018
Land use - other 19 77 2018
Land use - permanent crops 40 6 2018
Total renewable water resources 174 67 cubic meters 2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 127 0.65 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 41 80 2023
Geography
Area - land 134 32260 sq km N/A
Area - total 133 35980 sq km N/A
Area - water 73 3720 sq km N/A
Coastline 63 1566 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 33 3952 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 21 1150 meters N/A
Irrigated land 61 3820 sq km 2012
Land use - agricultural land 129 23 2018
Land use - arable land 57 17 2018
Land use - other 19 77 2018
Land use - permanent crops 40 6 2018
Population Density 14 730.96 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 30 2 % of GDP 2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 150 11.62 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 22 45.51 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 12 14.73 N/A
Birth rate 194 7.39 births/1,000 population 2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate 14 75.20 % 2016
Death rate 78 7.89 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 51 22.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 106 4.50 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 152 40.20 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 174 17.80 % N/A
Infant mortality rate - female 169 3.63 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 172 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 170 3.97 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 27 84 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 39 78 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 35 81 years N/A
Literacy - female 21 97 % 2014
Literacy - male 4 100 % N/A
Literacy - total population 13 99 % N/A
Median age - female 33 43 years 2020
Median age - male 18 42 years N/A
Median age - total 22 42 years N/A
Net migration rate 61 0.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Population 55 23.581 million 2022
Population growth rate 134 0.04 % 2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 9 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 17 1.06 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 21 1.00 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 26 0.95 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 24 0.73 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 20 0.97 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 137 1.08 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 127 0.65 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 41 80 2023
Transportation
Airports 88 37 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 34 10 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 31 7 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 35 8 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 18 8 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 44 35 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 33 2 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 29 1 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 92 2 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 66 1 2021
Heliports 8 31 2021
Merchant marine - total 44 429 N/A
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 28 216.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 21 7 2020
Railways - total 71 1613 km 2018
Roadways - paved 45 42793 km 2017
Roadways - total 71 43206 km 2017

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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